Pietro Cicuta
@pcicuta.bsky.social
Biological physics. Interested in bacteria, cilia, malaria, membranes, microscopy, tweezers, microfluidics and organ on chip.
International Congress in Biological Physics, Genova, Italy, 28 June to 3 July 2026. URGENT: submission deadline 25 March. Session topics, plenary and invited speakers: www.icbp2026.org IUPAP Physics of Life medal awarded at meeting. Spread the word - and act quickly to submit your work.
ICBP 2026
We proudly invite experts in biological physics worldwide to the International Conference on Biological Physics 2026 (ICBP 2026) in the magnificent Italian city of Genoa from June 28 to July 5, 2026
icbp2026.org
PhD project on offer - Savannah-on-a-chip - part of the Leverhulme DTC in ecological data science ecological-data-science.github.io/projects.html at @glasgow.ac.uk Microfluidics, bacteria and phages. Interactions with eco-epidemiology and physics of life. Deadline early March - get in touch!
Happy new adventures Leonardo! I fully recommend working with him!
Leonardo Mancini@mlaenoc.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe lab of Single cell ecology has just opened its doors at the University of Glasgow, School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine! Join us, collaborate or learn about what we do: mancinilab.github.io/index.html And check out our most recent output: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Read our #DMMEditorsChoice highlight on the Research Article by Laetitia Pinte, @martavilagonz.bsky.social, @jamesnathanlab.bsky.social, @andresfloto.bsky.social, @pcicuta.bsky.social, @vallierlab.bsky.social and colleagues. doi.org/10.1242/dmm....
Thrilled to share our latest preprint on expressing synthetic organelles made from RNA nanostructures in bacteria! 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Expression of nano-engineered RNA organelles in bacteria
Designing synthetic biomolecular condensates, or membrane-less organelles, offers insights on the functions of their natural counterparts, and is equally valuable for cellular and metabolic engineerin...
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Came across this while traveling along the Italian coast: Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people. Thor Heyerdal #BlueskyArtShow #TheJourney
Happy to announce our new bug paper! From Morten Kals' PhD, doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Antibiotics change the population growth rate heterogeneity and morphology of bacteria
Author summary Antibiotic drugs affect bacterial cells well beyond their specific molecular targets, and understanding their system-level effects could be key to combating antibiotic resistance. Using...
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The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Expert's Dilemma: the more specialized you become, the less open you are to creative solutions from other fields. But the more you explore other fields, the more you risk losing credibility in your home field. Interdisciplinary work is still not really embraced by academia.
Top 4 misconceptions about science 1. It fills knowledge-gaps (discoveries are unknown unknowns) 2. It proceeds along a straightforward path (discoveries are not predictable) 3. It looks for answers (new questions are crucial) 4. It is only rational (requires night science leaps)
4 New Faculty Positions at Cambridge University in the School of Biological Sciences www.bio.cam.ac.uk/news/school-...
School of Biological Sciences strengthens commitment to
Four new academic positions have been launched in the School of Biological Sciences aiming to recruit outstanding scientists in areas of significant research importance: Associate Professor /
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ooh Bluesky can do videos now... here's an emergency #cilia movie